Psalms 89:4
For a thousand years before your eyes are like the days of yesterday, which have passed by, and they are like a watch of the night,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
In Context
3And, lest man be turned aside in humiliation, you have said: Be converted, O sons of men.
5which was held for nothing: so their years shall be.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:12And when your days will have been fulfilled, and you will sleep with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who will go forth from your loins, and I will make firm his kingdom.
1 Kings 9:5then I will set the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised your father David, saying: ‘A man from your stock shall not be taken away from the throne of Israel.’
1 Chronicles 22:10He shall build a house to my name. And he shall be a son to me, and I will be a father to him. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel unto eternity.’
Psalms 72:17until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 89:2-5
The Divine Mercy and Faithfulness. 1 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. The psalmist has a very sad complaint to make of the deplorable condition of the… Read the whole commentary →